Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-11
WHOLE NO. 1928.
SUFFER- COUNTY.
Immense and Varied Productions and
Desirability for Homeseelers.


Desirability for Homeseekers.
Sutter county is small in the number of
its acres, but in natural and developed
wealth it belongs in the front rank of the
counties of California The fertility of
her soils, the beatty of her oak-parked
plains, picturesque buttes, immunity from
crop failure, high average production, and
her splendid farms and farm buildings,
should have made her the most noted Sec
tion Of the Pacific coast; yet she is the
least known county of the State. This is
accounted for in part by the fact that the
great lines of travel scarcely pass within
sight of her, and partly from the fact that
she has no towns Of considerable size. the
trade, canufactures and public press of
which make her resources and advantages
known and give them widespread uotoriety.
THE LOCATION OF SUFFER- COUNTY
Is midway in the Sacramento valley be-
tween the Sierra Nevada range on the
East and the Coast range on the west. Her
western boundary is the Sacramento river,
which IS navigable the whole length of the
county. The Feather river forxls more
than one-half Of her eastern boundary, and
Is nayigable from its mouth to her county,
seat-Yuba City. The area is Gil square
miles, fully three fourths of which are be-
tween these two rivers. In the northern
portion of the county is the most noted
Typographical feature of the Sacramento
valley. The ''Sutter Buttesn rise alb
ruptly out of the dead-level of the qreat
valley, and can be seen for hundred n.iles
from the north OF south With the ex-
ception of the area occupied by these
buttes the county is a gently-sloping
alluvial plain.
THE SOIL
Is deep, warm alluvium. as rich as anv
soil under the sun. Some portions of the
county have been titled for more than
forty years, and time has tested not only
the high fertility OF the soil but its adapta-
bility to the production of all kinds
of crops. As has been said be-
fore in this article, these plains once
formed the bottom Of an inland lake into
which all the mountain streams OF the
Slerras, the Coast range and their con-
nections on the north, the Siskiyou noun
talns, poured the weatherings and washings
from all these vast mountain areas In
this way these soils were formed of the
most fertile elements. Nearly the whole
Of these alluviai plains and even the sides
Of the Buttes were covered With tree
growths. In many places even now, after
the farmers have thinned them out, the
| oak growths form almost continuous parks.
| On the banks of the Sacramento, the
Feather and Bear rivers there are syca-
more, poplar. cottonwood, box-elder, elm
and maple growths. The growth of wood
from the oaks on the plains and the tim
! Der on the stream banks IS more than
sufficient to furnish the whole population
OF the county with fuel
BUILDING MATERIAL
Lumber IS furnished at reasonable prices
by Marysvilie, Wheatland, and Live Oak.
on the line Of the California railroad and
by steamers at the many landings on the
, Sacramento and Feather rivers
Brick can be made in nearly all parts
r Of the county, as there are vast deposits
Of good clay adapted to brick making.
These deposits Of clay, situated near low
priced fuel, should make such lasting
building material cheap and place it
within reach Of all.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Water for domestic purposes Is obtained